William Hoyle Nesbit was a lieutenant in Company E of the 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment, Wright's Brigade. He lost his arm at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
He married Martha Curtis Grogan in the village of Alpharetta, Georgia, on December 14, 1865, where he taught school for a few years after the war and was engaged in the mercantile business. Later he was elected Clerk of the Court and served Milton County for eight years. He was then elected Ordinary and served in that post for sixteen years.
During his last term of office and for several years after, he was owner and editor of the Milton Democrat newspaper. In this last work, he was associated with his son, G.A. Nesbit, as his publisher.
In 1892, he left Alpharetta and with his family moved to his farm in Cherokee County, where he spent the rest of his life. Due to the loss of his left arm in the war, he could not do manual labor, but was very successful in bee-raising, gardening and stock-raising.
He was devoutly pious and had no fear of death and was buried in Hickory Flat Cemetery in Cherokee, Georgia, with his wife who preceded him.
Not Sure What an Ordinary Is? --Old Secesh
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